One step, two steps, three steps, four steps, five steps...
With light steps, Jun Changmo slowly approached the pillar that was emitting energy.
Approached the world's protagonist, who had lost his protection.
Air currents blew the rain aside, keeping every drop off him. He drew closer and closer to his target, sensing the barrier that thing had left behind growing weaker with time.
The smile on Jun Changmo's lips grew wider and wider.
That soul had remained unbroken through every reincarnation. Where should he put him to play this time?
Several dark shadows gathered at his feet, singing a gentle, eerie nursery rhyme together.
A nursery rhyme that had once devoured countless worlds.
"Little bunny, be good."
"Open up the door."
"Hurry, open up."
"I want to come in."
The malice and delight in his heart turned into dense shadows that spread outward, gradually seeping underground, about to surge toward the world's core.
Suddenly.
Jun Changmo stopped and raised his eyes to the sky.
The sound of rain abruptly ceased.
Jun Changmo glanced to the side.
Raindrops that should have fallen under gravity hung suspended in midair, while windblown willow branches froze in bizarre, unnatural positions.
How had time... been paused?
Had he added such a strange bug to this world when he broke its barrier back then?
Before he could react.
Countless golden threads emerged from the cracks between the bricks, binding his limbs tightly, drawing tighter and tighter until they bit into the gaps between his bones.
Jun Changmo tilted his head back, his vision engulfed by an enormous dark shadow.
A massive black cat descended from the heavens, sending water splashing as he landed. The black cat raised his blood-red eyes and stared coldly at him.
On the black cat's back, a young man cast him a